Reasons humbly offer'd to the consideration of the publick; . shewing how the works [...] to recover and preserve the navigation of the River Dee, will destroy the navigation; and occasion the drowning of all the low lands adjacent [...] With an appendix. Illustrated with a map of the River Dee. [...].
Thomas Badeslade (fl.1712 - 1742)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
Chester
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048091
Summary
Bibliographic description
14p.,[5] plates . maps . fol... Not identified in 1768 catalogue. Bound with two other works on the Chester Canal. On the title page after the illustration statement is added in ms.: 'Lyn, Rye, Wisbech & Spalding all drawn by hand.' The price is also added in manuscript (2s. 6d.). All five of the maps are supplied in manuscript and are hand coloured.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: half calf, marbled paper; red vertical spine label: 'Canals'.
Makers and roles
Thomas Badeslade (fl.1712 - 1742)